BOGOTA (Reuters) - The European Union will give 30 million euros (£26.8 million) in aid to Colombia to help the Andean country grapple with an influx of Venezuelan migrants fleeing economic and political strife at home, EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said on Thursday.
More than 4 million Venezuelans have fled in recent years amid widespread shortages of food and medicine in their homeland. Colombia has borne the burnt of the exodus - it is now home to more than 1.4 million Venezuelans, many of whom arrived with little money and in need of services like healthcare.